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Bettenhausen Predicts
Indy 500 ‘Mind Games’
Braves Upset Buffs
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INDIANAPOLIS (API - "I'll Ml you whil'i going lo hap-
pen," Gary Brtlwihiusw confKfcd Everybody is going
until the but hour of qualtfymi Sunday to Uy lo outsmart
to null
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everybody
Half ol
Martinet Tony
enuu|h to art them pHtthr single* »od Bru« OarrtU a (rt-
Uutrh HollandOidiUtanuu)a pie in the tame, too
Ken
__ of em mil (it left In line when the |un |oei off and a
bunch of thoie whodoget out wonlgo hit enough That tlf the >
weather doem't oulimart 'em all and rain "
Hettmhauaen t icrtpt for the hectic Anal hour or m of the last
qualifying Motion for the May » Indianapolis SOO H bawd on ,
Nudnguei and Micky Scott
ft
keyed a IM up* win for the 14 ueleat
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1 iwo
Pwpir i Stair Bank Hrivn
Hat Murphy bntrd Steve run in the Uai lune up to aip
nver the J M Huber Ihiffi in Antwr for the mound victory, the Stauffer tmibn HU.
the ('mural League that and TVn Holland doubled and while the attar M
highlighted Baytown Little ui«l(d in leading the batsmen tilt acomd m the dm two »
in foe
htttoncal (act
Every year a handful of can wait until the last minute to aee 1
what ipeed they have loihoot for or to try and wait out the heat
of the afternoon tnvarubly. someone tt left rryu| at the line
Bettenhauwn. who came within II laps of winning the 1972 :
SOO, hu a special interest in the final weekend of qualifying
the tl million ipeed rlaauc he H "on the bubble, the ifoweit
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tun Kaaham walked only
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The Bum eeaee laafoag fog
Larry Martel
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two baltm in hi> lour hitter
tag ptcher Uuvid Arable the
Central loop ranktnp. and It
ihowed that the Braver once a
for »
Bank 0dm to a 01 rout of the
Karthman i Tiger*
Mark WiUinghami three
Catfopae
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hi Centra! mmor action, foe
Owh outacored the ixuighortti
driver In the field before qualifying darted today
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nKttmd (t»c thr ( mlfil uuwn
And he‘U be the ftnt to get bumped once the field it full,
assuming hi* IM SOS mile* per hour average is still the slowest
___ Bui unless rain foils to wash the gnmy surface clean. Bet
Kandy Dodd pitched five to- I BU» QUARTERBACK Jimmy TWwdowdtl (10) fooki delea give kim iww pretectimTwardowiki aad Mi Blaes came apoa tenhausens speed knkt lafo "A lot nfer than it did a week ago
........ _ _____. nrngs of no4ut hail in leading SJKSy STtamg meeMlHeveHmiey MtheSliverinikefyea.W.ktockenUyto Ihe sfcort end of 1 IM rare. ut*. he recorded ..
Hodngue* and Scott each |h, Uf Donakli Padre* to a H , ■ * --------- ----- - --------------------------------------—--------- Twelve spots were still open in the M-car lineup when time
had three hits m four at-tats to JjJJJ over ihe Exxon Credit CmxAhv ittmmir* w. trials ..pmed today No more than a hall down or so qualifiers
were expected, unless conditions changed drastically Bui Ihe
. weather forecast was dismally redundant moitly fair, hot tattle
chance of ratal
Without a break in the heat wave that has baked the area for
"I told my player* before the against Philadelphia ,wo 11 *wned “"likely more than three or lour could even
season started that I espected But when Lucas linalty got ,om<‘ <“ Bettenhausen s average lor lour laps, much less
to have seven or eight con- control of the game s tempo, ! |UP11
(rontations during the season.' ihe Rockets rebounded tram a . —
Nissalke aid "But this team J-l deficit in the senes with a '
has been amazing We didn’t victory at Philadelphia Iasi !
have one confrontation Sure. Sunday and could have forced
there were some player* un- the senes lo Ihe seventh game
happy because they weren t if they had not lost a con-
playing more but we stuck to- iroversial sixth game 112-109
get her as a team "
Nissalke s choice lo make
Km Martinez picked four- fhms out with the taw
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giving wiy to Oile Oh u get-
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Croon Athletic* in Ihe North
Nissalke Confident Of Rockets
Dodd fanned eqfot A s and Adam Henry for a W wm
walked two and bested WiU
Stanley.
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over the Mustang* a the East
make tremendous improve-
ment next year,” Nissalke
said This year was the first
ume he ever got any individual
coaching (from assistant fort
Hams' and with more coach-
ing he'll skyrocket"
The seven-foot Xunnert
symbolizes the "water buf-
falo tag placed on the
patterned offense Rockets in
the playoffs, but Kunnert and
the Buckets almost ''buf-
faloed the 76ers in the
Eastern Conference finals
Kunnert's ' deadeye
turnaround jumper and
rebounding skills helped take
pressure off Malone and forc-
ed the 76ers to play five-man
defense
Nissalke came to the
Rockets last year with the
reputation as a winner and also
a controversial figure who was
a stru t disciplinarian
HOUSTON (API - The
Houston Rockets came from
The Whitaker and Associates Slaughter for the mound
Anew Srator doubled to lead
Charles Copeland had two alnXn
nubudy status to the brink of
the National Basketball
Association (NBA) finals in
Cervenka-Herring
Combine On No-Hitter
one season, and head Coach
Johnson One Of Few Astro
Bright Spots; Keys Win
Tom Nissalke figures the
Rorfcett have nowhere to go
but up
We've nowhere reached
our potential as a team," said
Nissalke. who took the
Horfcett to the fourth best
rteord in the NBA and the
Eastern Conference finals
before being eliminated by
Philadelphia
Moses Malone is the best
rebounder m the league right
now and in two or three years
he II be the dominant player in
the game, Nissalke said of
Malone, acquired from Buffalo
prior to the start of the season
Then we ve got Kevin Kun-
nert who is only 24 and he'll
Tuesday night
Nissalke said the resl of Ihe
Maryland guard John Lucas Rockets also will improve, tat-
the first player taken tn last eluding forward Rudy Tomja
year's NBA draft, also proved novtch, guard Calvin Murphy
a smart move in the final and reserve guard Mike New
senes against Philadelphia
Lucas became an almost im
Chns Cervenka and Scott innings
Herring combined lo pitch a A ju-nm sevenlh inning
mi-hilter that paced Ihe VPW bk.M open a c)use ^ and
Posi 912 Giants past the |lu,|,. o,,, m(Hjni| duo a sure
Baytown Optimist Orioles. 10- wntM.r amj Sammv (lama a
1. in the Bavtown Evening Op- i,K1.r
timist Club Junior Teenage
League game at Winnie Brown
Sports Complex Friday
, singling iwice in four tnps to
(menka started and hurled * ^ ^
Bv JOHN BUCK
HOUSTON (CNi - Cliff Johnson is no ordi-
nary baseball player
TV big Houston Astro has been criUciaed for
lus fielding Applauded tor hu hitting He's
been an infiefcter. an outfielder and a catcher A
starter and a uUtatyman
CM u not real fast, but not especially slow
He has a fair throwing arm He gives the ap-
pearance of being lazy, yet he gets as excited as
Laughtan facing the Phil's Randy Lercb
Sunday they have a 2 05 pm contest, lefty
Floyd Bannister going for Houston and Larry
tin
Christenson pitching for Philadelphia
Their improvement will be
mediate starter and quarter- more subtle however,"
back of the Rockets offense Nissalke said But Jack
and led them to the NBA s Ramsey (Portland coach 1 saw
Central Division title He had our final game and he told me
no! been as effective in the hed never seen Newlin and
first round of the playoffs Murphy play better Rudy has
agaiast Washington and the his obvious limitations but he's
tint two games, both losses, played well "
llemng helped out at the
plate, too. tripling once and
Friday the Astros broke on top with a run in
the fourth on Cliff's homer into the purple sec
lion just a few feet foul down the third base
five innings, sinking out five
and walking four before giving Cervenka and Stephen
wav lo llemng Herring got a 'Horse Fly» Koenig each had
save by pitrhing two perfect two hits in three at-hals
line
They made it 2-0 in the fifth on a two-base
throwing error by Larry Bowa and winning
pitcher James Rodney Richard s triple
James Rodney must have tired a tut on the
tnple. because he gave up four hits in the sixth J-
for two Phil runs Mike Schmidt and Richie
Hebner got the rbi's
Houston got back on top in their half of the
sixth Cesar Cedeno walked, stole second, stole
third and scored on Joe Ferguson 's sacrifice fly 1
to center
Bob Watson was walked by loser Steve Carl-
ton. and with two down and both Johnson and
Watson running on the 3-2 pitch. Jutao Gonzalez
doubled to left center to make it 5-2
There were 8.892 paving customers on hand
Fnday. and that ain't many for a Friday night
game against the defending National League
East champions
Attendance this year is slightly above the 1976 j
mark for the same period, but it s fading fast j
a Little Leaguer over personal achievement
Johnson had a bad 1976. both offensively and
defensively He sat on the bench much of last
vear. and started the 1977 season as 1 man with
out a position, lodged on the bench for pinch
hitting duties
But any baseball man will tell you Johnson
can swing a bat He s got a good eye. and plenty
ol power And he's turning on his hitting talents
in 1977.
Clift had a towering solo homer here Friday
night in the 5-2 Astro Victory over the Philadel-
phia Phillies It was his ninth of the year He's
the No 3 hitler in the National League, and one
of the few Astro bright spots so far this year
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The Astros have two more games left with the
Phillies to complete the current homesland
They play at 7 35 p m, Saturday with Bo Me-
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AUSTIN. Tex. (AP) - Even "gainst Bay101- Sunday n'ght in With the score tied 1-1 in the
seventh inning, lefthanded
Leonard Woods tripled to left
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Texas Coach Cliff Gustafson the double elimination touma
says the chances of his squad, nwnt. And Baylor, with vie
which had the best overall tories over Arkansas and Texas center field and lefthanded
record in Southwest A&M, is ready. Burl Coker doubled him in to
Conference baseball action, Gustafson said the chance of give Baylor a 2-1 victory over
are slim in getting to the winning three straight games ,\&M. the SWC regular season
NCAA playoffs. « "pretty remote." champ, and a ticket into the
To make it to NCAA touma- In a percentage move Friday finals,
ment, Texas must win three n'g^- Baylor Coach Nickey
games in a row begining with a Sullivan juggled his lineup and
contest Sunday afternoon Put five righthanded hitters at
against Texas A&M in the SWC the top of his order against
post-season playoff. A&M lefthander pitcher Mark
The winner of the Longhorn- Thurmond.
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"Yeah, it didn't do any good
did it?" Sullivan ,said. “I
thought it might help."
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Sullivan didn’t think his own
freshman lefthander, Sammy
& the obvious happpened. Bickham, would be good for
more than seven innings
either. He was wrong again.
Bickham throttled A&M on
seven hits with his slow
changeup curve and fastball
and allowed just one run.
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A short beep and signal light warn
you of threatening radar signals
up to 3 miles away. Easy dash
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Aggie battle must then go
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Sun Outdoor Guide
88°°
A beautiful way to beat tha tun. Do-it-yourself
window covors provide daytime privacy...retain
full outward visibility.
Colorful design* printed
Screen. Cut heat and glaro; retain full visibility.
Booutlful original doslgns for do-lt-yoursotf cus-
tomising. See out-not In.
By CHESTER ROGERS
WIND, WATER AND TIDES - Beach water temperature on
the beach at Galveston is 78 degrees. Offshore wave heights will
be six to eight feet. Trinity and Galveston bays will be choppy to
rough. Southeasterly winds will be 16 to 22 mph. Temperature
range'will be from the low 70s to the middle 80s. Only one tide
Sunday on the beach at Galveston will be a high tide at 7:34 a. m.
Tiro tides Monday will include a high at 8:09 a.m. and a low at
11:28 p.m. / ' ,
i TRINITY BAY - Believe it or not there are live shrimp on
iiale in Baytown. Dan Arndt called ip to tell the news. He said the
Jye shrimp came from a friend in the business in Galveston,
ytown in a trude and kept alive by an electric pump-
r now in the bato back of Dan’s house. Maybe it will
ntfvrateHfivadtsDtherpartrof ttor bay
-GALVESTON - Windy weather keeps the lid on most fishing
g:the island area. Gafftop catfish, big one?, croaker and whiting
(hake up most catches reported from beach piers
«CLAKE LIVINGSTON - Black bass are hard to find, but whites
jjre still smarming in the middle of the lake. r ;
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innings out of him and come in
with (Jaime) Cocanower. This
was the best he’s ever gotten
his curve over,” Sullivan said.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 189, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 22, 1977, newspaper, May 22, 1977; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1144855/m1/16/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.